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Definitions from WordNet

Noun blackwater has 1 sense
  1. blackwater - any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
    --1 is a kind of     disease

Definitions from the Web

Definition

Blackwater is a term that can refer to either contaminated water or commonly used to describe water in natural environments, such as swamps, that appears black due to the high concentration of organic matter.

Examples

  1. Noun (Contaminated Water): The village's water supply was compromised and turned into blackwater after the industrial accident.
  2. Noun (Natural Environment): The mysterious beauty of the Amazon jungle lies in its hidden blackwater rivers.
  3. Adjective: The blackwater fish exhibit a unique adaptation to their dark aquatic habitat.
  4. Verb: The heavy rain caused the rivers to blackwater, making navigation difficult.

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